Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Articles by Mike Maharrey
Are undeclared silver purchases by the Russian government boosting the price of silver?There is some anecdotal evidence that they are.Silver is up nearly 28 percent this year. It briefly traded above $39 an ounce earlier this week....
There’s a silver rush in India.Indians are known for stockpiling gold, but they are increasingly turning to silver as the price has pushed to 14-year highs.In rupee terms, silver set a record of ₹114,875 per kilogram (around $41/ounce). A...
Based on the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, prices showed signs of creeping higher in June. However, there were enough dovish points in the data to support those pushing for looser monetary policy.The headline annual CPI spiked...
Through the first half of 2025, inflows of silver into ETFs eclipsed the total for the entirety of 2024, reflecting a surge of silver investment demand. The average annual price of silver rose 25 percent in H1. That was...
After a one-off surge in April, consumer borrowing tanked again in May, a sign that Americans might be close to tapping out as they hit their credit card limits.Locked at home and flush with stimulus money, Americans paid down their credit...
Silver is still on sale.Despite the June rally that pushed silver from $33 to over $37 an ounce, the metal remains historically underpriced based on several metrics.To begin with, there is still a historically wide gap between the...
The Federal Reserve’s Washington, D.C. headquarters is getting an expensive facelift, and it appears Fed Chairman Jerome Powell lied about it to Congress.According to reporting by the New York Post, the cost of the taxpayer-...
Strong silver jewelry sales in the U.S. are one of the many factors that pushed the silver market to its fourth straight supply deficit in 2024.This was one of several interesting stories featured in the latest edition of the...
Are interest rates too high?A lot of people think they are, and a growing chorus of voices is calling on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut rates.Are they right? Does the central bank need to step in, slash interest...
Despite the prevailing notion that the Federal Reserve has implemented “tight” monetary policy, the money supply has expanded by more than $600 billion since its low point in mid-2023.Based on the “true,” or Rothbard-Salerno, money...